If the Blues were to have won their game against the New York Rangers last night, they would be in fifth place in the Western Conference. Instead, they sit in 12th. 12th place is only one point behind the 8th and final playoff spot. The parity in the Western Conference is unbelievable this year. As Jim Morrison used to say; the West is the best. It couldn’t be truer. Yes, there are some great...

It was almost like last week’s match-up between the two teams, except the complete opposite scenario. The Knicks were completely outplayed in the first half of Tuesday night’s loss to the Miami Heat, down by 24 at the half. But they climbed back into the game in the second half, cutting the lead to five with one minute go, only to fall in heartbreaking fashion.
Here are five things from the...

It was a fitting way to end the most recent stretch of games. The Knicks closed out the “easy portion” (well, for now) of the schedule with a tidy 101 – 95 win over the Wizards on Friday night. It was the end of the cake walk and the beginning of “the test,” but more on that later in the Knick/Wizards edition of the 5 things….
1. 30+ again for STAT – I really hate that nickname,...

It's finally here! The 2010 Knicks are only hours away from the season opener. A game hasn't even been played yet and injury concerns have already emerged and the team could be probed by the NBA. Ahh, nothing quite like a Knicks season, right? We'll start the links with the wounded…
Anthony Randolph to miss a week – ESPN
The biggest thing that jumps out from this is the chan...

The 2010-11 NHL Season is only a few weeks away, and naturally, every team’s fanbase is very optimistic about the upcoming season. The toughest thing to do before any season is to try and project where teams will finish in the standings. It’s very difficult to account for which players are on the cusp of a breakout season, which star players will start to decline in terms of production and ...

With a 24-7 lifetime advantage of playoff series wins, the Habs take on the Bruins for the 32nd time in the NHL playoffs. These two teams have had many historic battles in the postseason, especially in recent years. It wasn't long ago when the #1 Bruins in 2002, featuring the likes of Sergei Samsonov (when he was good), Joe Thornton, Bill Guerin, Brian Rolston and Glen Murray, faced off ag...

Saturday's big win in Toronto came at a costly price. The news broke this afternoon that Andrei Markov and Mathieu Schneider will be out for extended periods of time, due to injuries sustained during the game.
Markov, out for 3 weeks, has 64 points in 78 games this year. He has been the key to the Habs transition game and a mainstay on a powerplay that has been heating up recently. Markov ...

Following Montreal’s monstrous 6-2 victory over Toronto, the Habs finally have some breathing room in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race. They sit in 7th place with 92 points, 3 points up on the Rangers and 5 points up on the Panthers. For those who started to wonder if the Canadiens might actually miss the playoffs, you can breathe a sigh of relief at this point.
Watching the gam...

It's now 9-straight games in which the Sabres have played well, but with the door left open before last night's game, regardless of their effort, is it now closed for the final time?
They say anger is a much easier emotion to deal with that hurt, which is why I now scoff at my previous assertion that losses are easier to take when the team plays well. Wrong again! I'm finding ...

While making the playoffs is always the benchmark of a good season, sometimes there are those games, regardless of their playoff implications, that push a team around the corner into a successful franchise.
Facing countless moments of adversity against one of the Eastern Conferences most prolific teams, the Buffalo Sabres scraped and clawed their way back on multiple occasions, and instead of ...

Freeze … Don’t Move … Stop – I like the standings the way they are!
The way it looks right now, Montreal would finish in seventh place and would play the second place Washington Capitals. This is the one matchup that Montreal can take advantage of.
They wouldn’t beat the Devils in the first round. Their scorers are too good, their checkers can cause major headac...

Is it hope, frustration, or anxiety that kept me from getting a good night's sleep last night?
There's no question that, at least mathematically, the Sabres have scraped and crawled their way back into the Eastern Conference playoff race. That said, try to keep the excitement to a minimum, because by “back into,” I really mean “barely alive.” Nevertheless, wi...